YAOUNDÉ - The Comoros Islands will have to use one of their outfield players in goal against Africa Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon on Monday after being hit by COVID-19 infections.
The Comoros Football Federation reported 12 cases in their camp on Saturday including their only two fit goalkeepers and coach Amir Abdou on Sunday said they would go into the last-16 tie in Yaoundé with a makeshift goalkeeper.
The Women's Asian Cup was thrown into turmoil when hosts India were kicked out of the tournament after a COVID-19 outbreak meant they were unable to field a team for their Group A match against Taiwan on Sunday.
Regulations require coaches to name a minimum 13-player matchday squad for each game and India's inability to do so caused the game at Navi Mumbai's D.Y. Patil Stadium to be cancelled.
Thomas Dennerby's side have been kicked out of the competition with all their results nullified.
Ghana and the United States men’s national team have a rich history of meeting at the World Cup. The African nation knocked out the USMNT of the world’s biggest tournament in 2010 and 2006 and the Americans got revenge in 2014. Both teams failed to make the 2018 edition and now the question of will Ghana make the World Cup looms after the latest World Cup qualifying draw.
La idea esta mañana era dormir hasta un poco más tarde y luego tomar desayuno mirando a Raúl Jiménez en la visita del Wolverhampton al Brentford. Sin embargo, al ver la alineación de los Wolves vino la sorpresa: el Lobo no era titular ni tampoco estaba en la banca de suplentes.
Our line-up to face @BrentfordFC! #BREWOL
USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter released the latest national-team roster that has, as always, caused controversy. Before we get into the roster, let’s see who Berhalter thinks has what it takes to qualify the USMNT for Qatar.
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Is it too late for Gregg Berhalter to rethink his USMNT roster? Mere minutes after the U.S. roster for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers was made public — a squad that didn’t include Josh Sargent — the Norwich City forward scored an absurd goal in the Premier League. The Josh Sargent goal vs Watford may just be a Puskás Award-worthy goal for the sheer audacity of it, not to mention the acrobatics and improvisation required to turn the ball into the back of the net.
The past decades of war and terror in Iraq have taken a toll on the beautiful game in the country. FIFA has routinely imposed bans on hosting international games in Iraq over security and safety concerns.
The last non-friendly game played in the country was a World Cup qualifier in 2011. The capital, Baghdad, hadn’t hosted Iraq’s national team for nine years until Friday. The cities of Basra, Karrbalaa and Erbil were the only three hosting games.
Sam Kerr broke Tim Cahill’s Australia all-time scoring record and then kept scoring during an 18-0 destruction of Indonesia to open the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Friday in Mumbai. Kerr finished with five goals to move to 54 strikes for the Matildas, four more than Cahill.
Gerardo Martino dio a conocer la lista de jugadores que usará en los próximos duelos eliminatorios de México y - ¡oh, sorpresa! - está llena de nombres que a estas alturas pueden considerarse vacas sagradas de este proceso.
Con la excepción de Gerardo Arteaga y Julián Araujo, la verdad es que la baraja del Tata no se movió mucho, revolviendo las entrañas de aquellos que exigen caras nuevas en el Tri.
En los próximos días, México volverá a entrar a un campo de juego. Para bien o para mal.
Será la primera vez del Tri en 2022 y en el camino tendrá dos objetivos: hacer olvidar el amargo sabor que dejó 2021 y encarrilar de una buena vez la clasificación al Mundial de Catar.